VIXENs vs Queens of Absolution Stable War 2022

(Results: Lookout!, Words: Queens)

3. Kyra Santoro vs Saraya

Kyra:
(29, 5’7, 118, 34:17 FCBA, VIXENs)


Saraya:
(30, 5’8, 1:6 FCBA, Queens of Absolution)


BEFORE:
A clash of titans has arisen from the ongoing Queens vs VIXENS stable war. Continuing their inaugural debut against a renowned stable, the Queens of Absolution had left the shores of Los Angeles and the United States behind for the foreign soil of Australia and the Sydney Showground. Tonight’s match was to be a special one: the return of Saraya to the ring. The press gallery was waiting in baited breath for the two fighters of this match when finally the silhouettes of six people could be made out walking towards them. Taking their seats, Kyra Santoro and Saraya didn’t seem to have any animosity towards each other but that was going to change.

“Look,” Santoro began, “I know that in a way I’m considered an underdog in this fight because Saraya has had all that experience as a wrestler too alongside her participation in the FCBA but wrestling experience isn’t going to help her here and her time away from the boxing ring will make it that much easier to put her face down on the mat,” the Calabasas, California native said.

Well, that statement didn’t go over well with Saraya who grabbed the wireless microphone in front of her while she stood up to face her slightly younger opponent. “Listen ‘Pumpkin,’ it may have been a while since I was in the FCBA ring but I can and will still showboat and make your fall as slow and humiliating as possible,” Saraya said with a certain level of snark. “You will go home tonight bruised both physically and in the ego - the audience, the reporters, they're not here to see you; they want me,” Saraya finished her snarky comments.

After a few tense moments, the raven-haired fighter and the brunette haired fighter stood face to face on the podium where photographers took amazing shots of the two women facing off.

A few hours later and the fight night event was here. The packed Sydney Showground almost had an audience split of fans there to see Saraya’s return to the FCBA and those that wanted to see the Queens vs VIXENS stable war which was shaping up to be an exciting contest.

First out, wearing a gray sports bra with matching trunks, brown hair in a battle braid, Kyra Santoro! Focused on the ring she made her way down, almost not acknowledging the cheers she was getting from the VIX fans in the arena until she finally made it to the ring and raised one arm up at them before entering it. She had matching gray gloves strapped on and began to shadow box in her corner for a few moments before it was time to announce the next contestant in the competition.

Having the flair for the dramatic, the Queens had been setting up little entrances to pander to the crowd - one thing you have to say for Jennifer Morrison is that she knows how to get the crowd riled up with a good show. As the arena darkened and purple hues glowed from the Queens entrance to the arena proper, lavender sparklers set off in perfect timing with the appearance of Saraya who was wearing a lavender leather sports bra and and low waisted lavender shorts - both pieces of attire adorned with black lining.

As the crowd started chanting her name she reached out to high-five some of her fans on the walk down the ramp to the ring. Meanwhile, in the ring, Santoro was rolling her eyes believing that the woman she was about to face was nothing short of overrated. Finally, Saraya made it to the ring and slipped under the ropes to get right in and into the business of intimidation.

The Norwich, England woman hastily made her way to the American woman taunting her with her infamously famous line “this is my house” as she got nose to nose with the American before the referee could break it up. Saraya clearly hadn’t lost her touch. Realizing it was likely going to be one of those nights, the ref explained the mandatory rules, but didn’t ask for either of them to tap gloves which was probably smart given the daggers in each of the woman’s eyes that just showed how eager they were.

DING! DING! Let ten rounds of FCBA action begin.

Round 01:
If there is one way to make a girl unsure of herself come out of a corner weary it is to intimidate them before a match. Neither woman taking any chances in the first, the match started out with circling between the two ladies as they tested each other with the occasional jab to the guard. Things started to pick up nearing minute two when Santoro went below the guard digging into Saraya’s taut abs. A little audible gasp could be heard from Saraya by ringsiders as Santoro, who also participates in the JMD division - put those skills to work, with several cruel fist slams in Saraya’s jugs. With a yelp from Saraya, Kyra thought she was going to have an easy put away.

However, as the final minute began, Saraya came to life with several swings to the temple and cheek. While not cutting into Santoro’s skin it certainly left bruising marks. As the bell rang signaling the end of the round, the gleefulness in Kyra’s bruised face could still be seen while Saraya headed back to her corner with looks of frustration.

Judges rule the round 10-9 in favor of Kyra Santoro.

Round 02:
The VIXENS corner did their best on the bruises that Saraya had given the model while at the Queens corner, Saraya was simply waiting for the next round, wanting to give off the persona of intimidation to a woman who was clearly uncertain of herself or her abilities. The interlude came to an end, the bell rang again, and round two began.

Right away, both girls were out of their corner wasting no time swinging at each other but this time Saraya was showing off her natural talent in the ring while Santoro landed a swing once or twice against Saraya’s guard before Kyra’s right arm was stopped mid-swing followed by three haymakers to the shocked Santoro’s face pushed her against the ropes.

Quickly pushing Kyra up against the ropes, Saraya laid punch after punch into Kyra’s midriff. Knowing she was in trouble, she fought Saraya’s technical strength for the clinch around Saraya’s body forcing the ref to step in and break the girls up to reset.

As the match resumed, Saraya kept control of the ring using her technical abilities to control where her opponent would be in the ring but with so little time left, neither girl could hope to do much as the round came to a close.

Judges rule it wide for Saraya.

Round 03:
Those punches to Kyra’s face really had the VIXENS crew working overtime to keep the black and blue swelling down. Fortunately, it didn’t seem like Saraya was actually targeting anything directly which made the VIXENS less concerned. Back at the Queens corner, Saraya jumped on the turnbuckles and stuck her arms out in a victory pose that was met with mixed reactions as the VIXENS fans were not happy with the early celebration by the English girl when the match was not over. After basking in the moment she jumped down and got ready for round three.

With another bell, the two girls raised their guard and came out at each other as if the center of the ring was a hill to be held at all costs. This time the two women exchanged punches to anything that was exposed: ribs, tummy, the occasional shot to the face. It was a fast paced brawling match as both women matched the other virtually move for move which in its own right was quite impressive.

The round came to an end and the ref had to break the two girls up either because they didn’t hear the bell or because they wanted to keep going. Either way, the Judges rule the round a draw.

Round 04:
Neither girl needed much patching up from the brawling match they had just had although it was especially apparent on Saraya how hard they were hitting each other with the red blotches of where fists had landed.

As round four started, it almost looked like it was going to be a repeat of the previous round until Kyra’s fist came in like a missile into Saraya’s left cheek hard enough to almost make the English girl fall to the mat. Shaken from that punch, she didn’t have much time to respond as she hit Kyra’s nose, causing warm, red fluid to drizzle down from it but Santoro powered through the pain by returning the favor with multiple missile-like facial hits.

Where did this come from? The VIXEN was having a second wind and although was not dominating completely given Saraya was able to return fire, she was doing more damage. Nearing the end of the round, Saraya plunged her fist into the American’s abdomen, forcing the air out of her as she went wide eyed momentarily. The bell rings and the English girl promises in a whisper to the American that “she’d make it much more painful for her next round.”

The ref split the women again and sent them to their corners while the Judges ruled the round wide for Kyra Santoro.

Round 05:
Half way through and while hurt, neither girl looks like they intend to slow down as they reach their corners although they are evidently holding parts of their bodies which emanated pain. Especially Kyra who got that harsh punch from Saraya after that beatdown to the face that Santoro gave Saraya. Both corners were working overtime to ensure their girl was ready for the halfway mark and they did as best as they could with the intermission they had.

As both girls got off their stools and the bell rang, neither charged at each other. This time they were fighting at range which was about equal given their nearly equivalent heights. Light jabs were traded into the other’s guard but as minute one continued, Saraya decided to step the war of attrition up a notch. Delivering two nasty cannonball-like punches to Kyra’s lower stomach which caught Santoro off guard and, Saraya went to work upstairs with bruising punch after punch to the nose and cheek as if she was directing an orchestra. As minute two came into focus, Saraya delivered a cruel uppercut that poor Kyra didn’t even see coming which took her feet an inch or two off the ground from the sheer force and made her land the canvas looking up at the arena lights.

“Stay down!” the English girl yelled as the ref pushed her to a neutral corner to begin the count. 1, 2, 3… the American was still dazed. 4, 5… realizing what had happened she rolled over and used the strength she could muster to get on her knees, 6, 7… Kyra began to stand, 8, 9… she barely beat the count to the annoyance look on Saraya’s face. The ref came over to give Kyra the mandatory and was hesitant to let the match proceed given all the bruises and dripping blood from her face courtesy of Saraya but now Kyra was fired up, even if severely weakened, and gave dagger eyes to the ref who then signaled in Saraya and the match continued.

Kyra only had to make it through the final minute. Wanting to get Saraya against the ropes she rushed at her but Santoro’s move was predicted with Saraya planting her right fist into Kyra’s face again before going downstairs to control her position in the ring as she boxed Kyra all the way next to the VIXENS corner. After that, all hell broke loose as Saraya sent fist after fist like cannonballs into Kyra’s face and tummy, forcing her butt in ropes as she hopelessly tried to defend herself.

After nearly twenty seconds of what was likely hell for Santoro, she was treated to several uppercuts to the solar plexus where her physical response made it clearly apparent that she could no longer fight. The ref waived off the fight as he came to the aid of Santoro while Saraya turned for the Queens corner.

Official Decision: Saraya defeats Kyra Santoro via TKO5!

Postfight:
“Get these gloves off of me,” Saraya barked and the Queens corner happily obliged while handing her a microphone as well. As the VIXENS corner worked on their fighter Saraya took her time to saunter in glory: “Let this be a lesson to you would be boxers out there, that this, this is what happens when you come after me. You’re not just defeated, you’re broken. The VIXENS have been sent a message and just to make sure they get it I promised she would be asleep on the canvas.” Saraya stating, that started a mixed reaction of loud chants of her name and boos from VIXENS fans. Seeing that Kyra Santoro was, mostly, medically cleared, she made her way to the VIXEN’s corner, dragged the American up and paraded her to the center of the ring.

As she stood pressed against Kyra, Saraya interlocked her legs and wrapped her arms around Kyra’s head. “Don’t worry ‘Pumpkin,’ I’ll make this quick” and with a smirk she lowered Santoro’s head to smother her. As the air ran out, Saraya could feel Kyra slowly weakening until she was limp which got a bad reaction from the VIXENS fans who thought Saraya was taking things a bit too far. However, for her last act, she let the limp girl go and fall on the canvas - asleep; grabbed the microphone once again, and infamously said it: “we are the Queens, and this is OUR house!”

Official Tally

1:2

(Results: Lookout!, Words: Caspian)

5. Emily Ratajkowski vs Halston Sage

Emily:
(30, 5’7, 54:24 FCBA, VIXENs)


Halston:
(29, 5’5, 0:4 FCBA, Queens of Absolution)


BEFORE:
And now, for another curious match-up, with the pundits and scorekeepers heavily favoring one girl entering this contest. SPOILERS: the Vixens and Queens are tied two wins to two, so it’s going to be up to either Emily or Halston to pull ahead of the competition.

Emily looks sure of herself earlier on at the press junket, entirely dismissing her opponent’s chances of winning this fight.

“Are you kidding me? I was amazed they even proposed this match-up, and doubly amazed when Sage said yes,” Emily says with a sly smirk. “She hasn’t won a single fight in her career!”

Sage looks on, defiant, but can’t of course can’t deny the facts where facts are due. She gives Emily a death stare from across the table, before responding:

“My new stable has the utmost faith in me. Who the f*ck cares about what a naked pin-up model thinks?” Halston says with a huff, drawing audible gasps from the audience, and another wide smirk from the Vixen. “She can underestimate me at her own peril. But I guarantee you I’m winning the first fight of my career tonight.”

Halston doesn’t just have the experience slider against her, but also suffers from being two inches shorter than her opponent, Emily striding right up to the blonde and tilting her head slightly to the side, as though belittling her further. Halston glaring straight back, her blonde hair loose and flowy over her shoulders, as she plants her fists right at the edge of Emily’s chin.

Fight night and both ladies want to surge ahead for their stables, though it’s crystal clear who the fans are cheering on. Surprisingly, it’s the Queens’ Halston Sage, who’s greeted to a loud roar as she entered the arena, the fans loving an underdog story, especially if she ends up succeeding. It’s mighty brave for a fighter to enter the ring with a belt under her chest and almost 80 fights to her name - it’s another thing entirely to step into the ring to face her.

Emily’s gone for an amber string bikini, red gloves pounded together to further intimidate the Queen. Halston shifts nervously in her own corner, looking fit and showing signs of gym action in her dark navy sports bra and short black tights, white gloves.

Referee signals for the opening bell and HERE WE GO with ten rounds of Bantamweight action!

ROUND 1:
Emily shows us how it’s done, skirting inwards and lighting up Halston’s defenses to start. Bit of a see-saw thing going on so far, with the Queens and Vixens exchanging numbers and then one-upping the other team in a consistent manner. Emily hopes to break this stalemate, shoving fists into Sage’s face from afar, then gleefully boasting about it by showboating on the other end of the ring, as though this fight were a walk in the park. Sage not looking too pleased, of course, rubbing her cheek and nose and doing her best to land her own attacks on the veteran Bantamweight. Emily takes some licks to the body and face, but they pale in comparison to what she dished out in this opening round. Wide round to the Vixens, and they’re definitely hoping to keep the momentum up!

ROUND 2:
Emily’s hitting punches to the arms, as Sage is doing a better job of protecting her face and body by employing a fluid guard. Sage also has to contend with the Vixen’s reach advantage, as Ratajkowski seems content to punt and bash at her face for now, no doubt waiting for the blonde to mess up before striking. But Sage disrupts her attempts each time, taking a fistful of leather to the lips and getting staggered, then making ready to swing back at Emily’s head or body with a wild hook to score lucky. And score lucky she does! With Emily not seeing those zingers coming till it’s too late! Emily grunts as she tastes the blonde’s power first-hand, getting nailed to the side of the head by a left lunge, then Sage digging at her undercarriage with a couple more thrusts to the tummy. Close round for the Queen, who wins her redemption, much to the dismay of the VIX team.

ROUND 3:
Emily gets serious, jabbing and hounding the newcomer with jabs galore. But will it be enough, or will Sage once again adapt and hand the Vixen a humiliating upset loss? Ratajkowski wins several points for herself in the first minute, picking Halston off from afar and firing those lefts and rights around her guard to hopefully stun her badly. Sage takes another right hand off the forehead, grimacing slightly but then quickly reforming her guard. The blonde actress is determined, we’ll give her that, lunging back at Emily’s lean torso with strapping hooks, and Emily is the one forced to retreat after several hard thumps to the belly connect. Sage presses in, doing her best to intercept more of Emily’s strikes coming in, and must be feeling satisfied that her power counterattacks are doing damage.

ROUND 4:
And Halston almost DROPS the Vixen at the end of the first minute! Ladies started off circling each other and trading punches from afar, but Emily got a little cocky and decided to rush in to hammer at Halston’s body in some payback action. Sage took a couple of steps back, grunting from the tummy abuse, but then instinctively swiped a hook high, which landed across Ratajkowski’s features! Emily looks shocked, wide eyed and mouth hanging open, her lips taking another bashing hook clean across to swivel her towards the ropes in a 180 degree spin! AND HERE COMES SAGE, growling for payback! Ratajkowski has a limited window to get the hell outta the pocket, and she does try to clam up and hunker down, but Sage manages to drill several uppercuts into her stomach before the clinch occurs, and the referee has to step in to separate both women. BIG round for Halston Sage, who’s smiling widely with her arm raised on her way back to the corner!

ROUND 5:
What started as an easy fight is quickly devolving into Emily Ratajkowski’s worst nightmare. She may have won a crucial victory against Margot Robbie just last month, but here, she’s getting bullied about the ring by a comparative rookie, with Sage taking the shots to her head and then dishing the punishment back three-fold! Emily’s forced on the backpedal from the opening bell, trying to keep the blonde off her with her jabs slammed into the arms at every opportunity, of course looking for the best one to smoosh that leather into Halston’s nose or lips. But Sage keeps the pressure on - sure, she might be taking unnecessary stings to her face, but she’s pouncing back with bigger overhands that stun Emily to the side of her arms or straight down the middle into her paunch. Bell rings and though the Vixen has taken it close, we think, the effort has left both girls breathing hard.

ROUND 6:
Emily tries to get back into the lead with an early rush, hopefully surprise Halston with a barrage of punches landed all over. Sage went down in similar fashion to some of her previous opponents, and Ratajkowski has clearly seen the tapes, firing a flurry into her stomach before taking a page out of her foe’s book and hammering a hook into the head for effect. Sage, however, is a different beast tonight compared to years ago, when she wasn’t backed by a multi-million dollar enterprise and new stable. She takes those hits like a champ and fights back, responding with a bashing hook of her own off Emily’s lean torso, then slamming another across the former JMD champ’s chest to draw a loud squeal of outrage. Emily’s SILENCED however as Sage steps in and DRIVES a right hand straight through the arms and into the Vixen’s lips, to SEND HER DOWN onto her back with a loud THUDD!! GOOD LORD!! COULD SAGE HAVE SCORED THE UPSET HERE AFTER ALL?! Emily looks absolutely DONE for, lying flat on her back and spreadeagled, her eyelids fluttering up at the stadium lights! The referee doesn’t even bother with the ten-count, immediately signaling for the medics! It’s OVER!!

Official Decision: Halston Sage defeats Emily Ratajkowski via KO6!

AFTER:
Sage in jubilation as the bell sounds loud and clear, and her hand is raised by the referee. This here’s a girl who hasn’t won a single fight in her brief career, and she just knocked out a former champ and top ten competitor in the Bantamweight circuit!

“Everyone told me it was suicide,” Sage later says to reporters, whilst fighting back tears. “It just goes to show how serious I am at sticking around, and how damn good my stable is.”

Ratajkowski is still knocked out cold in the center of the ring, as the VIX team do their best to check on her welfare. It’s been a mixed year indeed for the former JMD champ, recently getting smothered out by Eden Cohen as well, another debutante to her own game.

No comment from the VIX team at the moment, who suddenly realize they’ve been playing defensive this entire stable war, and with the Queens already tallying up their wins to 3, it’s only going to take ONE more win for the newcomers to permanently plant their flag!

Official Tally

2:3

(Results: Lookout!, Words: Queens)

7. Hannah Ferguson vs Elyse Levesque

Hannah:
(29, 5’10, 130, 72:20 FCBA, VIXENs)


Elyse:
(37, 5’10, FCBA Debut, Queens of Absolution)


BEFORE:
If the Alexis Ren versus Krysten Ritter pre-fight press conference was crowded, this conference was overflowing. It was, after all, the main event between two hard hitting welterweight contenders. This match was, or is, a statement of the raw power each stable could bring on the other. Hannah Ferguson vs Elyse Levesque. USA versus Canada. Veteran experience versus experience being put to use for the first time in the FCBA ring.

The contenders were already sitting at their respective ends of the table. Elyse’s hair is more of a red hue than brown these days, the highly athletic woman was wearing a pink tank top and black jeans while Ferguson wore a yellow top and blue bottoms. There didn’t seem to be animosity between these two competitors.

Hannah begins, “I’ve heard the rumors about Elyse - that she has real power and can make moves in the ring that are just so agile.”

Elyse smiled at that statement.

Ferguson continued, “However, she is one of the faces of the Queens and this is a stable war between them and us so I’m going to have to apologize in advance for beating you around the ring.”

Hannah and Elyse laughed at that statement. Elyse responded, “that assumes you’ll actually win.”

Levesque went on, “Actually, Krysten may have lost her match but I intend to make up for it. When we get in there, cordiality goes out the window.”

Ferguson replied, “I expect nothing less.”

The two women stood up and met at the podium. Both being 5’10” tall, there wasn’t any real height discrepancy between them. Photographers snapped the moment both girls shook hands before they headed off towards the back to get ready for their bout against each other.

It was time for the double header to begin. First out, Hannah Ferguson accompanied by the VIXENS competitor of the previous match, Alexis Ren who was still clearly injured and bandaged in some places courtesy of the war with Krysten. Hannah, wearing yellow bikini briefs and a matching bra, hopped up onto the canvas and stepped foot into the ring. Greeted by cheers, the crowd at the Sydney Showground had been patiently waiting for this match and it was here.

In true Queens inaugural fashion, an entrance really had to be made and Elyse was about to get one that the FCBA would remember. As the arena lights started to dim they began flickering while at the starting point of the Queens ramp they were out all together. After a few moments, from the back walls, lavender waterfall fireworks started steadily shooting out in sequence from top to bottom revealing the silhouettes of two women. At the edge of the entrance and ramp but still within a safety area already planned out, mine styled fireworks of the same color began shooting up from the floor as blue lights started to come on revealing Elyse Levesque wearing a pink bra and low rise gray tights. With her was also someone from the double header: Krysten Ritter. They began walking down the ramp as every even number firework was lavender and every odd number was blue.

Elyse waved to the crowd who were on their feet or had pulled out their phones to take photos of what they couldn’t believe with their own eyes. This truly was an FCBA entrance to remember.

While Elyse was still making her way down, Ferguson turned to Alexis and asked “what the hell kind of entrance is that. Nobody in the FCBA does this,” to which Alexis retorted “they think they’re royalty. What did you expect? They want the attention. Just focus on beating her down.”

Finally, Elyse made it to the ring and hopped up, waving to the crowd like she was already the champion before she slid under the ropes. The girls both had matching gloves to their attire placed around their hands and the referee called them over to go over the rules. They bumped gloves and made their way back to their respective corners.

Here we go with ten rounds of welterweight action! DING! DING!

Round 01:
Coming out of the corner methodically, Hannah stalks Elyse around the ring with both girls initially wanting to test the other’s defenses. Ferguson was quite curious of Levesque’s athleticism and if she really was what the rumors made her out to be. Hannah made the first move on Elyse throwing a battery of punches which Elyse used her slender toned flexible body to easily dodge. What came next, Hannah didn’t expect. Levesque got right between Ferguson’s guard and slammed two dazing uppercuts into Hannah’s chin with enough power that her head ricocheted into Elyse’s glove for a third uppercut shocking ringsiders and Hannah lost her footing but retained enough balance to stay upright far enough back from the now ominously red haired woman who just made her face look like a punching bag.

Not letting her opponent rest, she closed the distance and fired a volley of shots into Hannah’s ribs causing her to yelp at the force. Ferguson, a veteran and not one to take a beating lying down, waited until Elyse went back upstairs for a swing at her face to plow a perfect solar plexus punch into the slender Canadian girl with force hard enough that Elyse’s lips pursed as she gasped for the air she needed.

With Levesque stunned, Ferguson took advantage to strike back at Elyse’s ribs before she painfully hit Elyse’s jugs several times. Now Levesque was on the backfoot and Ferguson went in for a haymaker to Elyse’s right temple to try and break down her dominate side but Levesque parried it and returned the favor with a straight into the left eye causing Ferguson to yelp followed by a missile of a punch to the left to the right temple just as the bell sounded ending the round.

The ref quickly jumped in to usher both girls away from each other.

Just by the sheer brutality and skill Elyse demonstrated over Hannah, the Judges ruled the round wide in Levesque’s favor.

Round 02:
At the Queens corner, there wasn’t much to do except go over strategy and Krysten providing words of encouragement. Elyse looked so dominant in the ring that the VIXENS fans had quieted down in worry that Levesque might actually accidentally hurt Ferguson even if it wasn’t her intention to do so. In addition, the nearly one sided show put the VIXENS on thin ice.

In the VIXENS corner, Hannah was being tirelessly worked on with ice on her left eye and right temple; her ribs bruised; it was clear that Levesque might as well have been hitting her with fists of steel. Alexis offered words to the fellow Vixen: “She hits hard and she’s fast. But you are technical, you can beat her if you keep her where you want her. Don’t let her control the ring. Krysten lost the very same way.”

With the intermission over, both girls stood up, although it was clear that Ferguson was hurt compared to Levesque. The bell sounded and round two began.

Hannah was showing off her technical skill in the ring this time by controlling the direction of movement; not allowing Elyse to get her in one single spot. Of course, they would have to engage each other soon enough and Ferguson had a plan for that. She was slowly luring Elyse close enough to the turnbuckles so that she couldn’t escape easily and when Hannah was satisfied, she moved in on the waiting Levesque who didn’t even know she fell into a trap.

With one plunge of the first into Elyse’s long waisted torso, she was pinned back against one of the turnbuckles. However, before Hannah could do any serious damage, Elyse was able to get into a clinch forcing the ref to reset the girls which irritated both ring side onlookers.

With the round coming to an end fairly quickly, Levesque took the initiative after the reset and paid her back for the earlier jug shot with one of her own followed by another straight to the sternum. Before Ferguson could respond, the bell rang and the round was over - both Hannah and Elyse were equally unhappy as they walked back to their corners.

Judges give the round to Hannah close.

Round 03:
Intermission. VIXENS back to work on keeping the swelling down in Hannah’s eye while the Queens put ice on Elyse’s reddened tummy to help with the pain. For the first time, Levesque actually was hurt enough by Ferguson and she had every intention of returning the favor to Hannah. Krysten Ritter jumped on the ropes and told Elyse that Alexis used the same tactic on her and that she’d need to control the tempo if she wants to win, to which Elyse acknowledged.

Both girls stood up once more and the bell rang. Round three begins. The veteran Hannah Ferguson was more than confident in her abilities and came directly at Elyse. Big mistake. Mid straight targeting Elyse’s ribs was once again parried followed by Levesque delivering multiple cruel straights right to the nose of Ferguson. Hannah could feel red hot liquid coming out as Levesque didn’t stop to the point that it was a wonder how her nose didn’t dislocate or break. Elyse followed it up with a harsh uppercut that put Ferguson on her toes.

Completely on the offensive, Elyse left her lower body wide open to Hannah who, under the onslaught of Elyse’s strength, powered through and started hitting back and Elyse’s body wherever she could. Elyse finally yelped in pain as her ribs suffered the brunt of the assault and Levesque returned the favor with a punch that felt like a brick hitting Ferguson’s ribcage.

The bell sounded and the round came to a close even if the girls were now staring burning hatred in their eyes.Especially since Elyse was effectively rearranging Ferguson’s face.

Judges rule it wide for Elyse Levesque.

Round 04:
Overtime for both sides as the Queens tried to dull the pain in Elyse’s ribs while over at the VIXENS corner they were trying to get the bleeding under control. When the intermission was finally over, both sides had done the best they could and hoped for the best. As both girls stood up, the already excited crowd was roaring believing that this match might go all the way.

Hannah notices that Elyse is still in pain due to the attacks on her ribs and intended to capitalize on that because it was becoming clear that in a raw power match, Elyse would win. As the girls reached the center of the ring, Hannah feinted right causing Elyse to believe she was dodging to true straight only for Hannah to send a rocket of a punch right into the brushing ribs of Elyse causing her to yelp again and bend over slightly. With her guard still high, Ferguson had free rein over Elyse’s torso and took advantage.

Not giving Elyse a break, Ferguson hammered away at Elyse’s long torso, aiming especially for those bruised ribs to the point that the pain caused a streak of tear from one of Elyse’s eyes from how much it hurt.

Levesque needed to get out of there and when Hannah dropped her guard up top completely, Elyse took advantage and slammed a brutal punch into Ferguson’s forehead that gashed her head, giving her another spot where she was bleeding.

Elyse stepped back and the rest of the round was highly defensive for both girls as Elyse had just taken a pounding and Hannah had an eye covered in blood.

The bell rang and round four came to a close.

Judges rule in favor of Hannah Ferguson, wide.

Round 05:
During the intermission, “overtime” was an understatement. Elyse’s bruised ribs really could only have ice put on it right now but she was powering through the pain. On the other hand, at the VIXENS corner, the new gash that was given to Hannah Ferguson was being taken care of. With the intermission coming to a close, the Canadian was out for blood this time as both the American and the Canadian stood up for the halfway point of the match.

Hannah was once again settling into her technical mindset that her veteran experience taught her thinking Elyse was weakened enough now that she could finish her off. The two girls circle each other for a little bit before Elyse makes the first move, a lower feint to bring Hannah’s guard down followed by a haymaker that hit so hard it partially spun Ferguson around and let out some blood from a new gash.

Ferguson counters by using her hips to her advantage to hit Elyse’s stomach hard enough that the 5 feet 10 inch girl was lifted very slightly off the ground. Elyse, forced to hold her stomach which was now in severe pain, took some more punches to her already bruised ribs. It seemed Hannah had a strategy to make sure Elyse couldn’t beat the count.

However, Elyse backs off before it’s too late and with high levels of adrenaline running through her, she looked to put Ferguson down. Hannah approached, her guard lower, but Elyse sent two hooks into Hannah’s cheeks, turning them black and blue. As Hannah tried to respond, Levesque delivered two brutally powerful uppercuts followed by a far more powerful haymaker that tossed Ferguson to the canvas.

Elyse quickly moved to a neutral corner. Most of the arena started chanting Elyse’s name while the VIX fans were quiet, worried about what just happened as the fierceness of the boxing match seemed like it was escalating out of control.

1, 2… Hannah was dazed looking at the lights of the arena; 3, 4… realizing what was happening she grabbed a nearby rope for leverage and began pulling herself up; 5, 6… wobbly, Ferguson was almost under her own power; 7, 8… Hannah had barely beat the count.

The referee came over to check Hannah out before allowing the match to continue. While hesitant, the instance of Hannah paid off. For the rest of the round, Elyse tried to finish off Ferguson but the veteran just simply kept avoiding Levesque.

The bell rang signifying the end of the round.

Judges easily give it to Elyse by a wide margin.

Round 06:
Both stables are hard at work on their girls but it’s just a patch up job that either could hope to do. The intermission comes to an end and the bell sounds as both girls get up to get back to work. At this point, Elyse’s hair is drenched and Ferguson’s hair is soaking just showing how hard these girls had been going at it.

Due to the last round, both girls are cautious. They fired from long range but Hannah was getting more hits as Elyse couldn’t move as well as she could at the start of the match with her ribs bruised.

For the entire round, they fought at range and when one closed in, the other backed off. It was quite uneventful.

However, Hannah Ferguson did rack up more points and the Judges ruled that Hannah Ferguson won the round close.

Round 07:
Once more, an intermission. No one believed this match would go on for this long but here both girls were, trying to outclass their opponent. It was becoming a case of chess. Both girls continued to get tended to but eventually the intermission time ran out and the boxers stood up ready for another round.

Diving into last resort territory knowing that Elyse could possibly win if the match dragged out, the veteran rushed for the beautiful Canadian expecting her to be off guard. Instead, what she found was a fist pushing into her solar plexus this time and Elyse was nowhere near done. Her punches, which might as well have been like being hit by steel, smashed into the stunned Ferguson’s temple so hard that it threw her against the ropes. The veteran was in trouble.

Levesque wasn’t going to be satisfied with a TKO victory though, so before Ferguson raised her guard to cover her face, another hit slammed her back toward the center of the canvas. Now Hannah had raised her guard to protect her face and was occasionally trying to get a hit in on Elyse.

The crowd was roaring, well, except for the VIX fans, as Elyse took aim at Ferguson’s ribs and slammed multiple straights right into them to even up the bruising score. Going back upstairs, Levesque took more shots at the eye she hit earlier, swelling it up.

VIX fans started to boo while the rest of the arena drowned it out - it was becoming clear that Elyse was punishing Hannah Ferguson, no matter which side you were on.

The ref simply said “finish her off or this will be a disqualification,” to which Elyse responded “don’t say you didn’t ask for this.”

Levesque plunged another fist into the solar plexus before sending a missile of a haymaker that put Ferguson squarely back in the VIXENS corner. However, before she could finish it, the bell rang to give a reprieve to the virtually destroyed Hannah Ferguson.

Judges ruled it a complete shutout in favor of Elyse Levesque.

Round 08:
Intermission once more and Hannah was in the VIXENS corner looking as if she was already defeated. In the Queens corner, Levesque was getting her second wind after the shutout. The crowd was on the edge of their seats as no one expected this match to go as long as it is and while Elyse clearly had overwhelming strength, she also had her weaknesses that a veteran would be able to exploit.

The intermission came to an end and both girls were in their respective corners waiting for the bell. In short order, the bell rang.

They both slowly came out, Elyse looking for a repeat performance of last round while Hannah looking to redeem herself. Quickly, the two girls started trading punches to the guard but this time, Ferguson was locking her guard tight so Elyse couldn’t power punch her way through.

Arms, shoulders, jugs, tummy, they were all free game and Hannah got to work more than Elyse did. Trying to score up her arms to force her to lower her guard, Ferguson kept attacking Levesque’s arms to try and get through with the occasional attempted shot to the face. Eventually, Ferguson gave up on the face and focused on the arms and ribs until the round came to a close.

With all the hits racked up by Hannah, the judges ruled Hannah Ferguson the round, close.

Round 09:
While the two girls were in their corners getting prepared for the ninth round of this match, the crowd was cheering whose side they were on. You could hear a mixture of “VIXENS” and “ELYSE” as they were putting on a fantastic show. The chants didn’t stop either as the intermission came to an end; both girls rising to face each other: skin glistening in sweat and hair dampened from the prolonged battle.

Out of the gate, both girls were looking to put the other one away. With Elyse’s speed and flexibility taken away from her, she had to rely on raw power which she had plenty of. On the other hand, Hannah could rely on being a veteran and fighting methodically. She, however, couldn’t hit anywhere near as hard as Elyse and had to watch out for that..

Meeting at the center of the ring, face slamming missiles of punches went around Ferguson’s guard to hit her bruised cheeks. Elyse continued her assault with more punches to the ribs. When Ferguson dropped her guard, Levesque gave her another brutal uppercut which ricocheted her head against the boxing glove twice leaving her dazed once again.

As minute two was entered, Elyse rose her right arm above her head intending to finish the match with a final traumatic blow to the head but Hannah Ferguson took advantage of the wide opened Levesque and delivered a payload of a straight right below her belly button where the abdominal wall isn’t nearly as strong, bending Elyse over, before giving her a taste of what she’s been dishing out the entire match: an uppercut so hard to her chin that she fell backwards stunned. Ferguson quickly moves to a neutral corner.

1, 2, 3… Levesque rolls onto her stomach; 4, 5, 6… Levesque puts her hands down on the canvas as the crowd falls completely silent; 7, 8, 9… Levesque is on one leg; 10… Levesque is out!

Official Decision: Hannah Ferguson defeats Elyse Levesque via KO9!

Postfight:
Krysten jumps into the ring forcing Hannah Ferguson to make a quick exit believing she was about to be attacked by Ritter. In reality however, Krysten Ritter helped Elyse up and got her out of the ring. Krysten made sure no reporters could get to her as she was in no shape to answer questions now.

Official Tally

4:3

The Vixens win the stable war!

We’d also like to thank Lookout! Boxing for assisting with the quick organization of the event, and of course, to the Queens of Absolution for being absolute ballers when it comes their participation. Win or lose, their girls have definitely made a splash in the FCBA tonight, and we can only imagine the heights to which they’ll continue to climb!

May the Queens and Vixens do battle again some time in the future!

Tess Valmore

Well my predictions didn't go all that well as there were a couple upsets I went. 4-3 which is the worst in a PPV that I can remember. Congratulations to the Queens for being competitive, but lest they feel ecstatic, I got more predictions right than they won fights